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Wednesday, July 21, 2004 · posted at 11:23 PM

Blind leading the blind. What do you do when instructions defy logic? Example (and totally hypothetical of course): You're leaving a store. The label on the door says "PULL." To enter the store, you pulled, and there are those huge security sensors blocking the inward swing of the doors, so reasonably, the correct behavior to exhibit would be to PUSH.

*CLANG*

I pulled.

I'd like to say it was a natural reaction or subconscious action, but really, I saw the PULL, thought "Huh that doesn't make sense," and then pulled anyway. Why?

In the movie Anchorman, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) will read anything on a Teleprompter, including, "Go f*** yourself San Diego." A similar thing happens in Reality Bites when Grant Gubler (John Mahoney) delares himself a young girl-loving prick on his morning talk show. And we all get a chuckle from it, not realizing we may do the same exact thing.

There's book smart and then there's street smart - neither of which I have. But there is a tendency for me to lean towards the bookish end. There's a certain laziness component to this way of living - if I run on autopilot it eliminates the need to think for myself.

See the thing is, I run around confused like, all the f***ing time. My first instinct is always to think that other people (such as the people who install doors) in the world know better than I do. This clearly is not the case as I watched several other people "clang" as well.

There'something sweetly satisfying about the sound of the hard clang of other people's confusion.



	Wednesday, July 21, 2004 · posted at 11:23 PM Blind leading the blind. What do you do when instructions defy logic? Example (and totally hypothetical of course): You're leaving a store. The label on the door says "PULL." To enter the store, you pulled, and there are those huge security sensors blocking the inward swing of the doors, so reasonably, the correct behavior to exhibit would be to PUSH. CLANG I pulled. I'd like to say it was a natural reaction or subconscious action, but really, I saw the PULL, thought "Huh that doesn't make sense," and then pulled anyway. Why? In the movie Anchorman, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) will read anything on a Teleprompter, including, "Go f* yourself San Diego." A similar thing happens in Reality Bites when Grant Gubler (John Mahoney) delares himself a young girl-loving prick on his morning talk show. And we all get a chuckle from it, not realizing we may do the same exact thing. There's book smart and then there's street smart - neither of which I have. But there is a tendency for me to lean towards the bookish end. There's a certain laziness component to this way of living - if I run on autopilot it eliminates the need to think for myself. See the thing is, I run around confused like, all the f*ing time. My first instinct is always to think that other people (such as the people who install doors) in the world know better than I do. This clearly is not the case as I watched several other people "clang" as well. There'something sweetly satisfying about the sound of the hard clang of other people's confusion.	Recent Posts Dress your family in corduroy and denim. Guys ofte... Excuse me, but my Rorschach blot has wrinkles. Ha... Child's play. I’m not sure I quite understand the ... The bag of chips. VH1's "I Love the 90's" premie... Can’t I hold the boom mic? Karen's old roommmate m... Gobstopper Going to the movies always brings cert... Jedi Mind Tricks Spider-Man 2 broke opening day r... The problem with lies is that you build them up an... Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, and Kurt Cobain I jus... Dear CHRISTINA, Thank you for participating in th... Morning news babie goose ryan bluemouse daves son dawntaught desiree diorama emily escadawg galveric high entropy invisible cube jepgato kyellow lilly mhuang mogbert nudream starfish + coffee verbivore Archives March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 January 2007 March 2007 April 2007 November 2008

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